Cygnus X-3 - Cosmic-ray powerhouse

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Cosmic Rays, Gamma Rays, Muons, Neutrinos, X Ray Binaries, Accretion Disks, Companion Stars, Cygnus Constellation, Energetic Particles, Neutron Stars, Pulsars, Stellar Mass Accretion

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Cyg X-3, a high-energy X-ray binary located at the outskirts of the Galaxy which has been identified as the probable source of gamma rays of energies up to 10 PeV, is characterized in a survey of recent observational and theoretical investigations. The relationship between gamma rays and cosmic rays is reviewed; the observations establishing the 4.8-h periodicity of the gamma emissions are summarized; twin-jet/accretion-disk, pulsar, and dynamo models proposed to explain the Cyg X-3 emission are discussed; and the implications of very recent detections of secondary muons produced by neutrinos or some unknown primary particles (or by some unknown interaction of known particles) from Cyg X-3 are considered.

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